Waste receptacle



p 19,-19'61 J. c. LONG ,000,681

WASTE RECEPTACLE Filed Sept. 12, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 O In,

ga W ATTORNEYS WASTE RECEIPTACLE Filed Sept. 12, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet '2 INVENTOR /0///1 6/0;

ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,000,681 WASTE RECEPTACLE John C. Long, 90 Broad St., Charleston, S.C. Filed Sept. 12, 1957, Ser. No. 683,503 4 Claims. (Cl. 312-194) This invention relates to removable waste receptacles adapted for office and like desks and especially to receptacle constructions that are expansible to fit different desk dimensions and are supported in a special manner on the desk.

It is the major object of this invention to provide a novel removable waste receptacle desk mounting wherein the opposite sides of an open-front receptacle are supported and slidably guided on the desk in a special manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide an expensible waste receptacle made up of a plurality of telescoped sections with the outermost section sides having slide guide members for mounting on a desk or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a waste receptacle made up of novel laterally slidably connected side portions.

Further objects will appear as the description proceeds in connection with the annexed drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a partially broken away side elevation showing the waste receptacle of the invention with a seated user;

FIGURE 2 is a front view of a desk provided with the removable waste receptacle of the invention;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective exploded view showing the two normally telescoped receptacle side portions;

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged fragmentary seciton showing the telescopic joint at the rear walls of the receptacle;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged fragmentary section showing the telescopic joint at the front of the receptacle; and

FIGURE 6 is an enlarged fragmentary section showing the slide guide support of the receptacle on the desk.

FIGURES l and 2 show the invention mounted in an ordinary kneehole desk having a top 12 below which has a slidably openable center drawer 13. Side drawers 14 extend on each side of the space 15 into which the sitters knees extend, and that space has opposed flat parallel side walls 16 and 17 below the center drawer 13. The desk is mounted on legs 18.

The novel waste receptacle 21 of the invention is made of sheet metal such as aluminum and mounted just below the bottom of center drawer 13 which slides in suitable guides. The receptacle consists of two laterally slidably telescoped parts 22 and 22A that are essentially the same and comprise respectively vertical rear walls 23 and 23A, vertical side walls 24 and 24A parallel to desk walls 16 :and 17 and at right angles to walls 23, 23A, and forwardly upwardly inclined bottom walls 25 and 25A.

In the assembly wall 25A slides closes over the top of wall 25, with wall 23A sliding over the front face of wall 23. The upper edge of wall 23 is rolled over to provide a reversely bent depending lip 26 (FIGURE 4) that fits snugly and slidably into a channel 27 integrally formed along the upper edge of wall 23A by reversely bending the wall down at 28 and then up at lip 29. Lip 26 and channel 27 are horizontaally aligned in assembly on the desk.

The front edge of wall 25A is rolled over to provide a longitudinal open-ended bead '31 (FIGURE 5) within which is longitudinally slidably guided the smaller rolled edge bead 32 of wall 25. This rounded edge bead arrangement prevents tearing of trousers on the receptacle.

The receptacle is thus expansibly and contractibly telescopic laterally so as to be capable of being fitted to desks having different distances between walls 16 and 1-7.

The telescoped assembly is slidably removably sup- 3,000,681 Patented Sept. 19, 1961 ported on brackets 33 and 34 on the desk side walls. Each of walls 24 and 24A has a reversely downwardly bent lip 35 (FIGURE 6) that fits snugly slidably into the upwardly open bracket channel 36. The brackets 33 and 34 are parallel strips of metal secured on the walls 16 and 17 as by screws 37 and having their lower edges turned up to provide a supporting lip 38 that also defines channel 36. The upper edges of walls 23 and 23A and 24 and 24A are in the same plane, so that the upper open end of the metal receptacle is effectively closd by the bottom of drawer 13, or by another horizontal desk part just beneath the drawer.

It will be observed that the mouth of the receptacle indicated at 40 is relatively narrow, being about four inches deep for example, and the bottom wall slopes downwardly rearwardly. This insures that waste paper, etc. inserted into the mouth will slide down into the receptacle.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a desk of the type having a forwardly open kneehole space extending between opposed side wallsbelow a centrally mounted slidable desk drawer, parallel horizontally extending guide brackets secured to said side walls and formed to provide upwardly open slide guide supports, a waste receptacle having rear, bottom and side walls forming a rearwardly closed chamber with an open top substantially flush with the bottom of said drawer and with a forwardly open front, said receptacle extending substantially across said space just below said front drawer, and slide rail members formed rigid with said receptacle and extending outwardly from said side walls of said receptacle to slidably engage with said guide brackets, said rail members cooperating with said guide brackets for slidably detachably mounting said receptacle on said desk, said guide brackets being forwardly open to enable ready removal of said receptacle in tilt-free relationship from said desk.

2. In the structure defined in claim 1, said receptacle being formed of laterally telescopic sections so as to fit into different width spaces.

3. In the structure defined in claim 1, said receptacle having a bottom wall that slopes downwardly and rearwardly from said open front so that the deepest part of the receptacle is remote from said front.

4. In a desk of the type having a forwardly open kneehole space extending between opposed side walls below a centrally mounted slidable desk drawer, parallel guide brackets secured to said desk side walls and formed to provide upwardly open support and guide channels, a rearwardly closed waste receptacle formed with an open top substantially flush with the bottom of said drawer and with a forwardly open front, said receptacle extending substantially entirely across said base just below said front drawer, said receptacle being formed with upper side edgm which extend between the rear and front of said receptacle and which are formed with downwardly turned lips slidably and interfittingly disposed in said channels for slidably detachably mounting said receptacle on said desk, said guide brackets being forwardly open for ready removal of the receptacle from the desk.

(References on following page) References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Clark Nov. 7, 1922 Robinson Dec. 29, 1925 Hunter Aug. 23, 1932 Newberg Aug. 15, 1933 Turner Apr. 28, 1953 Bruntlmaver Sept. 18, 1956 

